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Forrester just published two “Wave” reports for predictive analytics and machine learning. The first, covering “multi-modal” solutions, is available here for free. A second report, covering notebook-based solutions, is available here (registration required.) Forrester plans to publish a third report, covering automated machine learning vendors, in 2019. Kudos to Forrester for understanding the diversity of the data science tools market.

Gartner just released the 2018 Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms. You can get a copy directly from Gartner if you’re a client, or you can get one here, courtesy of RapidMiner. Here are the 2017 and 2018 MQs side by side: Here are my comments on the 2017 and 2016 MQs. For five observations about the 2018 MQ,

Note to readers: Recently, I’ve noticed that news about events that occur on Tuesdays seems stale by the time I publish on Monday. Beginning this week, I’m shifting to a new publication model, posting analysis of events as they happen instead of a weekly roundup. You could say I’m switching from batch updates to real-time updates, which should please Nathan Marz.

With its customary PR blitz, IBM announces that it has added Spark integration to several products, including SPSS. IBM gets a small pat on the head for adding Spark support to its Analytics Server software, under the premise that something is better than nothing. There is a very narrow pool of SPSS users who will benefit from this enhancement. Spark integration is

Last week, Forrester published its 2015 “Wave” report for Big Data Predictive Analytics Solutions. You can pay $2,495 and buy it directly from Forrester (here), or you can get the same report for free from SAS (here). The report is inaptly named, as it commingles software that scales to Big Data (such as Alpine Chorus) with software that does not

Late posting today due to holiday travel. In the week following Spark Summit East, a number of Spark skeptics surfaced, a sign that people take Spark seriously. The top item of the week, though, is Tiernan Ray’s interview with Michael Stonebraker in Barrons, a must-read. Analytic Software Forrester published its latest “wave” for Big Data Predictive Analytics Solutions, an inaptly